Character.AI
Founders
Karandeep Anand - CEO
Founded
2019
Stage Invested
Series B
Backed Since
2023
Status
Private
Lightspeed Team
Lisa Han - Partner
Nicole Quinn - Partner
Bejul Somaia - Partner
Faraz Fatemi - Partner
Ravi Mhatre - Partner & Co-Founder
Raviraj Jain - Partner

Powered by the company’s own foundational LLM, Character.AI is a platform that gives consumers access to their own deeply personalized, superintelligent AI dialogue companions. At its core, Character.AI empowers people to connect, learn, and tell stories through interactive entertainment.

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